Lee Jin-gyu

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Lee Jin-gyu
Born (2000-01-13) January 13, 2000 (age 24)
Boulder, CO
Height 163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 59 kg (130 lb; 9 st 4 lb)
Position Forward
NCAA team
Former teams
Yale Bulldogs
Phoenix
National teamFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea and
Unification flag of Korea.svg  Korea
Playing career 2017present

Grace Lee (Lee Jin-gyu) (born 13 January 2000) is an American-South Korean ice hockey player. She competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics as a member of the unified Korea women's national ice hockey team. [1] She also plays for the Yale University women's hockey team.

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Career

Korean National Team

She competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics as part of a unified team of 35 players drawn from both North and South Korea. The team's coach was Sarah Murray and the team was in Group B competing against Switzerland, Japan and Sweden. [2]

Following her Olympic appearance, Lee competed with the South Korean team at the 2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I Group B tournament, [3] where she contributed 4 points (2 goals and 2 assists). [4]

NCAA

Lee began her college ice hockey career with the Yale University women's ice hockey program in the 2019-2020 season. [5] During her rookie season, she was named ECAC Rookie of the Week for the first week of November scoring 5 points (2 goals, 3 assists), and was also named ECAC Rookie of the month of November for tallying 9 points on 5 goals and 4 assists. [6]

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References

  1. "Athlete Profile: LEE Jingyu – Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games". www.pyeongchang2018.com. 2019-04-10. Archived from the original on 2018-02-13. Retrieved 2018-02-12.
  2. "Unified Korean Team - Olympic - International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF". pyeongchang2018.iihf.hockey. Retrieved 2018-04-14.
  3. "2018 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Div I Group B, Team Roster: Korea" (PDF). IIHF . 2018-04-07. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  4. "2018 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Div I Group B, Team Statistic: Korea" (PDF). IIHF . 2018-04-14. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  5. "2019-20 Women's Ice Hockey Roster". Yale University Athletics.
  6. "2022-23 Women's Ice Hockey Roster - Grace Lee". Yale University Athletics.